Two mature poplar trees that border the Avon River near Margaret Mahy Playground are going to be removed due to signs of decay.
Community volunteers have helped plant at least 29,000 shrubs and trees in Christchurch parks and reserves in the past year - work that has a value of up to $1.5 million.
Remediation of a former landfill site in Bexley is underway and plans to remediate another four at Le Bons Bay, Onuku, Barrys Bay and the Burwood Resource Recovery Park are being developed.
The site that was used to sort through the material from buildings that were damaged or demolished after the earthquakes is going to be turned into a recreation area.
Additional boulders have been placed near the Coastal Pathway at Shag Rock recently to help protect white-flippered penguins during their nesting season.
Christchurch City Council has decided to drop its 2015 appeal to the Environment Court seeking resource consents for discharging treated wastewater into Akaroa Harbour.
The roar of a chainsaw and drone of a leaf blower could soon be a thing of the past as Christchurch City Council Park Rangers make the switch to battery electric power tools.
A guidance plan outlining the future focus of work to improve the Ōpāwaho Lower Heathcote River was today endorsed by the Christchurch City Council.
A proposal to protect monarch butterflies from marauding rats will be considered by a Christchurch City Council committee.
People with views on how publicly-owned trees in Christchurch should be managed are being encouraged to give feedback on Christchurch City Council’s Draft Tree Policy.